There's prejudice everywhere. I don't think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few hits over the years for my sexuality, and for being honest about my life. In the end, it's the music that rules the roost.

I think my imagination and my passions are still firing away, but it's really the body that starts to make up the rules. It's not a major problem; it's just when you get a little older you realize how much your body thanks you when you are good to it.

I have managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very, very well.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb.

I am ridiculously high-maintenance.

Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present.